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ectyper

Tags: escherichia-coli serotyping fasta bactopia-tool

In silico prediction of Escherichia coli serotype.

This Bactopia Tool uses ECTyper to conduct in silico prediction of serotype for Escherichia coli genomes. It uses the genome assemblies to provide basic species identification and the predicted E. coli serotype (e.g. O174:H21).

Usage

Bactopia CLI:

bactopia --wf ectyper \
--bactopia /path/to/your/bactopia/results

Nextflow:

nextflow run bactopia/bactopia/workflows/bactopia-tools/ectyper/main.nf \
--bactopia /path/to/your/bactopia/results

Outputs

Expected Output Files

<BACTOPIA_DIR>
├── <SAMPLE_NAME>
│ └── tools
│ └── ectyper-<TIMESTAMP>
│ ├── <SAMPLE_NAME>.blast_alleles.txt
│ ├── <SAMPLE_NAME>.tsv
│ └── logs
│ ├── ectyper.log
│ ├── nf.command.{begin,err,log,out,run,sh,trace}
│ └── versions.yml
└── bactopia-runs
└── ectyper-<TIMESTAMP>
├── merged-results
│ ├── ectyper.tsv
│ └── logs
│ └── ectyper-concat
│ ├── nf.command.{begin,err,log,out,run,sh,trace}
│ └── versions.yml
└── nf-reports
├── ectyper-dag.dot
├── ectyper-report.html
└── ectyper-timeline.html

Per-Sample Results

FileDescription
*.tsvTab-delimited file with ECTyper result
blast_output_alleles.txtAllele report generated from BLAST results

Merged Results

FileDescription
ectyper.tsvMerged TSV file containing ECTyper results from all samples

Audit Trail

Below are files that can assist you in understanding which parameters and program versions were used.

Logs

Each process that is executed will have a folder named logs. In this folder are helpful files for you to review if the need ever arises.

ExtensionDescription
.beginAn empty file used to designate the process started
.errContains STDERR outputs from the process
.logContains both STDERR and STDOUT outputs from the process
.outContains STDOUT outputs from the process
.runThe script Nextflow uses to stage/unstage files and queue processes based on given profile
.shThe script executed by bash for the process
.traceThe Nextflow trace report for the process
versions.ymlA YAML formatted file with program versions

Nextflow Reports

These Nextflow reports provide great a great summary of your run. These can be used to optimize resource usage and estimate expected costs if using cloud platforms.

FilenameDescription
ectyper-dag.dotThe Nextflow DAG visualization
ectyper-report.htmlThe Nextflow Execution Report
ectyper-timeline.htmlThe Nextflow Timeline Report
ectyper-trace.txtThe Nextflow Trace report

Parameters

Required Parameters

Define where the pipeline should find input data and save output data.

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
--bactopiastringThe path to bactopia results to use as inputs

ECTyper Parameters

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
--ectyper_opidinteger90Percent identity required for an O antigen allele match
--ectyper_opcovinteger90Minimum percent coverage required for an O antigen allele match
--ectyper_hpidinteger95Percent identity required for an H antigen allele match
--ectyper_hpcovinteger50Minimum percent coverage required for an H antigen allele match
Filtering Parameters

Use these parameters to specify which samples to include or exclude.

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
--includestringA text file containing sample names (one per line) to include from the analysis
--excludestringA text file containing sample names (one per line) to exclude from the analysis
Optional Parameters

These optional parameters can be useful in certain settings.

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
--outdirstringbactopiaBase directory to write results to
Nextflow Profile Parameters

Parameters to fine-tune your Nextflow setup.

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
--datasets_cachestring<HOME>/.bactopia/datasetsDirectory where downloaded datasets should be stored.
Helpful Parameters

Uncommonly used parameters that might be useful.

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
--wfstringbactopiaSpecify which workflow or Bactopia Tool to execute
--list_wfsbooleanList the available workflows and Bactopia Tools to use with '--wf'
--help_allbooleanAn alias for --help --show_hidden_params
--versionbooleanDisplay version text.

Composition

This workflow uses the following subworkflows:

  • ectyper - In silico prediction of Escherichia coli serotype.

Citations

If you use this in your analysis, please cite the following.

Source

View source on GitHub